Robert A. Ventresca, Soldier of Christ. The life of Pope Pius XII, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2013. by Aurélien Zaragori

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Miranda Prorsus: An Encyclical Letter of Pope Pius XII on Motion Pictures, TV and Radio – its Impact on the Catholic Church Media in Zambia Today by Freeborn Kibombwe

“… This article reflects on the sixty years marking the anniversary of the encyclical letter Miranda Prorsus by Pope Pius XII. Miranda Prorsus was the first document written in 1957 by the Church to refl ect on the three important means of communication: Motion Pictures (Film), Television (TV) and Radio. …”
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La ‘fabbrica’ delle encicliche by Dieguez, Alejandro Mario

Subjects: “…Papal Encyclicals’ drafting process. Pope Pius XII. Pope’s ghost writers. Roman Curia. Roman Magisterium…”
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“Nothing but a False Sense of Security”: Mapping and Critically Assessing Papal Support for a World Free from Nuclear Weapons by Christopher Hrynkow

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Pius XII and the Idea of European Unity by Emília Hrabovec

“… Pope Pius XII supported the idea of unifying Europe, but reminded Europeans of the principles on which a just and durable European convivence had to be based: on the “moral law that the Creator revealed by means of natural law”, in respect of the dignity of human persons and of all natural communities. …”
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The fruits of the Second Vatican Council in the life of the church in the Soviet Union and after its collapse by Vitaliy Skomarovskiy

“…Thus, for example, Pope Pius XII in the Encyclical "Mediator Dei" was entertaining over certain aspects of the modernization of the Liturgy. …”
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When Even The Prayer Was Suspicious by Bogdan Kolar

“…Pope Pius XII was known for his Marian orientation. To make the Church more solemn in celebrating the centenary of the proclamation of the dogma of Mary's Immaculate Conception, he proclaimed 1954 the »Marian Year«, the first in the history of the Church. …”
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Beleef die Christelike teologie soos met die vorige eeuwending weer ’n paradigmaverandering? by I.J.J. Spangenberg

“…In 1943, biblical scholars in this tradition received permission from Pope Pius XII to use historical-critical methods in their study of the Bible. …”
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Concluding Remarks: The Magisterium of Pius XII in a Historical Perspective by Unterburger, Klaus

“… From the 19th century onwards, ‘teaching’ was increasingly seen as the core task of the popes; the pontificate of Pope Pius XII can be seen here as a preliminary climax of an increasing intensification of the papal teaching office, which also extended to more and more topics. …”
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American Catholic Press: From Isolationism to Militant Anti-Communism, 1939-1945 by Gregory L. Freeze

“…This article also offers a new perspective on the so-called “silence” of Pope Pius XII—his refusal to name specific countries as perpetrators of war crimes, his willingness to speak only in abstract terms. …”
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Criteria for the Acceptability of Scientific Theories as <i>Locus theologicus</i>: A Methodological Analysis of Catholic Church’s Reactions to the Cases of Galileo and Darwin (Bell... by Zbigniew Liana

“…They were equally used by some neo-scholastic theologians against Darwin’s theory of evolution and reappeared in the official texts of Pope Pius XII and John Paul II. My paper will analyze these selected historical texts to show whether and how the epistemology and methodology adopted by their authors determined their acceptance or rejection of scientific theories as potential <i>Loci theologici</i>. …”
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"Guerra alla guerra". Cinema e geopolitica vaticana nella Chiesa di Pio XII by Gianluca della Maggiore

“…The article focuses on the documentary "Guerra alla Guerra" (1948), produced by Orbis, in the broader context of the Catholic film policy, and more specifically under the teaching of Pope Pius XII. Its production, beginning in 1944, was particularly arduous since it involved the leaders of the Holy See, the ACI and the DC. …”
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Relacje dyplomatyczne między Stolicą Apostolską a Zakonem Maltańskim by Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba

“…The norms governing this relationship under the Constitutional Charter of 1961 were explicitly based on the sentence of the Cardinalitial Tribunal established by Pope Pius XII (1939–1958) following the Order’s appeals in its disputes with the Sacred Congregation of Religious. …”
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